Civil Unrest

With protests across the country fueled by police killings such as the ones in New York City and Ferguson, Mo., two groups often at odds — law enforcement officials and civil rights advocates — are beginning to see body cameras as a way to settle allegations of misconduct by officers. In the wake of the civil unrest, President Barack Obama last week asked Congress for $263 million to fund a task force to improve police practices in the community and pay for body cameras. Locally, several departments already were working to get them. Allentown's 2015 budget, which had been in the works for months, was approved last week and outfits the city's more than 200-member...

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